How To Shortcut The 10,000 Hour Rule and Make Your Contribution to Life

Pierre Levegh killed 88 people in a car race. Even I am not that bad a driver. I’ve only almost killed one person. Maybe two.

Pierre tried to get ahead of the Aston Martin in front of his Mercedes, made a sharp turn, flew into a wall, exploded, pieces flying everywhere, his skull crushed on impact, a fire and pieces of cars blew into the audience, and 88 people died.

The worst accident in a race in history.

It was Pierre’s sixth race.

What’s the biggest difference between a professional race car driver who has put in his 10,000 hours of deliberate practice and one who has put in “just ” 1000 hours?

I asked a friend of mine. He said, “reflexes”.

Wrong answer.

Both drivers pretty much have the same reflexes.

The answer is the rear view mirror. The driver who has put in his 10,000 hours has his rear view mirror adjusted just a few millimeters different from the guy who has “just” raced professionally for 1,000 hours.

How come? Because the more advanced driver is interested in one thing: PREVENTING A HAZARDOUS MISTAKE.

Both have the same reflexes. Both will make the same turns. But the one who checks for more hazards – will win.

If you want to shortcut the 10,000 hours, you check for hazards. You check for more things that can go wrong. Then you will get better faster.

And you will live. You will stay in the race.

Many people think great entrepreneurs take risks. Great entrepreneurs mitigate risks.

I’m divorced and re-married. If you don’t want your relationship to crash and burn and kill 88 people, you watch out for hazards.\

When your idea muscle is strong, when you are willing to take the risk that nobody has ever taken before, when you persist through all the things that can and will go wrong, you will make your unique contribution.

I know this works.

Here’s how you do it.

A) Write 10 ideas a day. You strengthen the idea muscle very quickly. You start having good ideas.

I always say my life has changed completely every six months since I started doing this. Now I don’t have to say that anymore.

Now I’m getting emails from tons of other people whose lives are changing.

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